I absolutely loved him in Parks and Rec. He was always my favourite character. But that’s probably because he was just playing himself.

Everything I’ve seen him in after parks and rec has been bad, and I agree he is not a good actor.

This is the correct answer. I wouldn’t assume I’m the murderer, I’d assume I’m the second victim.

One time someone said to me “Happy Birthday”, on my birthday, and I said “Thanks, you too”. It wasn’t also their Birthday.

I’ve had this. It tastes like guilt and regret, but somehow it works and it’s not bad. I’d have it again.

Also the “cheddar” that is normally found in USA is really just another heavily processed American-style cheese with a different color. It’s very different than an English cheddar or a vintage cheddar.

That’s a cool idea. I’d like to start doing this. I hope my knees can cope, I’m very heavy.

The majority of dust particles on the surface of your desk is dead human skin cells. That’s the part you’re missing.

Yes. And their socks are too.

My daughters share school socks, because they are all the same colour and shape. So I guess this concept isn’t too unreasonable to do it on a whole family level.

Yes. Thank you for speaking the only truth in this thread.

The number 1024 is my favourite, it feels like a smooth slippery ice skating rink, with lots of room for activities.

12 is another good number, it feels like a sharp 12 pointed knife, very good at slicing things up evenly.

This number always feels like a completely full glass, one drop would overflow it.

Obesity, and bounciness.

How many eggs is a reasonable amount? Asking for a friend.

I agree. I’ve never bought an iPhone or iPad myself, but I’ve had old ones given to me.

When using an iPad (or an iPhone) the one thing to keep in mind is it’s NOT a computer. You cannot treat it like a PC, or expect it to behave like one. You cannot apply your decades of experience with PC operating systems, you need to forget what you know.

The iPad is an appliance. It is designed for consuming apps from the App Store. That’s all.

Android has been trying to do the same for years, but the benefit with Android is it’s Linux based, so we can always install a terminal emulator, and a file manager, and other admin tools that allow us to use the familiar PC patterns we’ve become accustomed to.

Okay. I’ll implement this change on Friday at 4.30pm.

The only thing I use assistant for on my phone, is asking for navigation. Eg, while driving somewhere I haven’t been before, “hey google, navigate to <address>”.

Before Gemini: Opens google maps, finds the address, starts navigation, and works perfectly.

After Gemini: “Hmm, I don’t know how to ‘navigate to’. Let me google that for you. Here are your search results for ‘navigate to <address>’, you’re welcome”.

There’s a reason people still use “CD-quality audio” to describe high fidelity music playback, it’s still the benchmark, and I feel like we are still trying to achieve it again after being lost in the woods of MP3 compression and Bluetooth earphones for the last 20 years.

I have autism, and I always thought this was a symptom of my autism, but after researching it recently it seems that most others with autism are the opposite, they need background noise or music to concentrate.

I have industrial deafness, that is an audio processing disorder that is associated with background noise. This also affects my reading.

If there is any form of background noise, I can’t understand speech. Eg, if I turn the air conditioner on in the living room, then I can’t understand what’s said on the TV, even at reasonable volume levels. Turing the volume up can help, but not a lot.

If I’m standing next to the fridge and you walk up to talk to me, I can see your mouth moving, I can hear your words, but I can’t understand anything, the small noise of the fridge compressor completely wipes out my comprehension.

If we are in a busy cafe with lots of people talking at once, I can’t understand the staff when they ask to take my order, even if they are right in front of me, speaking clearly directly at me. It’s like my brain can only concentrate on the background noise and it has no processing power left to interpret foreground words.

This is the same with reading and writing. I am a software engineer, so I spend all day writing code. Many of my colleagues like to listen to music while they work. I cannot. If I put on music, then I can no longer write. Nothing comes out. My mind is blank, concentrating on listening to the music. Even instrumental background music affects me.

So to answer your question, I can’t read with background noise. Perhaps you could check if you have a form of industrial deafness too.